'I presuppose that in all good faith, they didn’t think it needed clearance from us in the Permanent Council because it was consistent with their mandate to dialogue with government agencies,' says CBCP president Bishop Pablo Virgilio David in a message to Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – One of the 31 bodies within the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines did not seek clearance from the top leadership to join the government’s anti-insurgency task force, the CBCP president said.
Undersecretary Ernesto Torres, executive director of the NTF-ELCAC, said on Thursday, August 31, that their executive committee CBCP News He said the commission’s mandate is “to act as a liaison of the CBCP to the public and private sectors and to advance some of the social concerns and issues of the Church.” The commission wants to provide “moral-ethical approaches to dealing with the problem of insurgency,” said the Kalookan bishop, who is one of the staunchest critics of red-tagging.
Evangelista, 63, is the bishop of Imus, Cavite, having succeeded Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle who was made Manila archbishop in 2011. In the 2022 presidential elections, Evangelista led a campaign for “good and excellent” candidates. Like many Catholic bishops, he was viewed as sympathetic toward opposition candidate Leni Robredo.
In a message to Rappler, Secillano stressed that membership in the NTF-ELCAC is not for the whole CBCP, but only for the public affairs commission.
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